Table 3.
Percentage of correct responses to practice statements.
| Practice statements | Total n = 478 (%) | Biomedical n = 85 (%) | Medicine n = 77(%) | Pharmacy n = 175(%) | Othera n = 141(%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I often wear facial masks when in public | 409 (85.6) | 69 (81.2) | 69 (89.6) | 141 (80.6) | 130 (92.2) | 0.012 |
| I practice hand washing and hand sanitizing regularly | 352 (73.6) | 61 (71.8) | 62 (80.5) | 116 (66.3) | 113 (80.1) | 0.019 |
| I avoid visiting crowded places | 303 (63.4) | 64 (75.3) | 42 (54.6) | 112 (64.0) | 85 (60.3) | 0.038 |
| I am willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to protect myself from the disease | 394 (82.4) | 75 (88.2) | 57 (74.0) | 151 (86.3) | 111 (78.7) | 0.031 |
| Overall mean (SD) | 60.0 (24.7) | 60.0 (24.8) | 62.7 (23.9) | 56.1 (25.9) | 63.5 (23.4) | 0.048 |
All values are mean and Standard Deviation (SD) and p-value from Pearson Chi-square tests; otherwise, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used,
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health sciences students (nursing, environmental health, radiography).